Acercamiento conceptual a las prácticas económicas informales en los pasos fronterizos entre México y Guatemala

Abstract

In contemporary times, the informal economy is a complex and heterogeneous phenomenon. There is a range of activities performed outside the regulation and control of the States. In this paper we start from the idea that there is a kind of informality associated with the discontinuity provoked by the border, commonly addressed in terms of “smuggling”. The aim is to propose a conceptualization of such informality from theoretical contributions on the informal economy and border. The border region between Mexico and Guatemala and will bring specific illustrations to our conceptual framework.

Keywords

• border
• informal economy
• smuggling
• Mexico
• Guatemala
• frontera
• economía informal
• contrabando
• México
• frontiera
• economia informale
• contrabbando
• Messico
• Guatemala